Table 3 Number of all cancers and selected cancer sites among men only in the high - temperature geothermal areas, hazard ratio (HR), 95% confidence intervals (CI) according to comparison with the populations in warm reference area and cold reference area, adjusted for age, gender, education, and type of housing
Cancers (ICD-10) | Geothermal areas | Warm reference area | Cold reference area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p-yr 18,181 | p-yr 667,069 | p-yr 300,297 | |||
No of cancer | HR | 95%CI | HR | 95%CI | |
All sites (C00-C97 and D45-D47) | 90 | 1.06 | 0.86 to 1.30 | 1.14 | 0.92 to 1.42 |
Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx (C00-C14) | 2 | 0.99 | 0.24 to 4.03 | 1.14 | 0.27 to 4.82 |
Oesophagus (C15) | 1 | 0.63 | 0.09 to 4.55 | 0.91 | 0.12 to 6.86 |
Stomach (C16) | 4 | 1.02 | 0.38 to 2.77 | 0.78 | 0.29 to 2.14 |
Colon, rectum, and anus (C18-C21) | 9 | 1.12 | 0.58 to 2.18 | 1.14 | 0.58 to 2.25 |
Bile and liver (C22-C24) | 1 | 0.68 | 0.09 to 4.93 | 1.37 | 0.17 to 10.83 |
Pancreas (C25) | 5 | 2.52 | 1.01 to 6.28 | 3.66 | 1.37 to 9.82 |
Nasal cavity and middle ear (C30) | 1 | 6.46 | 0.75 to 55.75 | 13.08 | 0.79 to 215.51 |
Larynx (C32) | 2 | 2.78 | 0.65 to 11.81 | 4.30 | 0.89 to 20.84 |
Lung and bronchus (C33-C34) | 9 | 1.00 | 0.52 to 1.94 | 0.95 | 0.48 to 1.86 |
Other cancer of skin (C44) | 3 | 1.12 | 0.35 to 3.54 | 1.22 | 0.38 to 3.98 |
Soft tissue sarcoma (C49) | 1 | 1.62 | 0.22 to 12.13 | 2.52 | 0.30 to 21.04 |
Prostate (C61) | 29 | 1.16 | 0.80 to 1.68 | 1.37 | 0.93 to 2.00 |
Kidney (C64-C66) | 2 | 0.43 | 0.11 to 1.74 | 0.54 | 0.13 to 2.22 |
Bladder (C67) | 7 | 1.24 | 0.58 to 2.65 | 1.11 | 0.52 to 2.41 |
Brain and central nervous system (C70-C72, C75.1 and C75.3) | 2 | 0.65 | 0.16 to 2.64 | 0.70 | 0.17 to 2.89 |
Thyroid gland (C73) | 1 | 0.73 | 0.10 to 5.30 | 1.08 | 0.14 to 8.21 |
Lymphoid and haematopoietic tissue (C81-C96 and D45-D47) | 11 | 1.59 | 0.87 to 2.91 | 1.62 | 0.87 to 3.02 |
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma (C82-C85) | 7 | 3.12 | 1.43 to 6.78 | 2.58 | 1.16 to 5.78 |
Leukaemia (C91-C95 and D45-D47) | 4 | 1.73 | 0.63 to 4.75 | 1.68 | 0.60 to 4.74 |
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)(C91.1) | 1 | 1.33 | 0.18 to 9.84 | 1.19 | 0.16 to 9.14 |
Non-CLL (C91-C95 and D45-D47, except C91.1) | 3 | 1.95 | 0.61 to 6.25 | 2.00 | 0.60 to 6.66 |
Not included in all cancers | p-yr 18,463 | p-yr 678,577 | p-yr 305,053 | ||
Basal cell carcinoma of the skin | 15 | 1.52 | 0.90 to 2.55 | 1.78 | 1.04 to 3.05 |